TASK 2

a) our values on new media might depend on our old values, previous knowledge and attitudes, and ideologies because this is what they have developed froms, new media wouldnt be the new media if the old media hadnt have been invented first. The new ways of chatting to people all over has developed from the telephone, when on the phone it has been standard to chat to certian people in certain ways, for instance you are more formal when talking to a company, than you are when you are talking to a friend, when using new media such as msn or email, the same knowledge must be brought forward, you can not email a buissness in msn language, as this would seem inappropraite and would not be the right attitude to have.

b) there have been many things that have been said about the internet, for one there is alot of distress behind the fact that it may not be very safe, because people can create false personas, and younger children can make friends with the wrong people. This has become even more prominant witht the development of social networking sites such as facebook and my space. Also in the nedia today there is alot of panic about people joining websites that encourage, or help people to commit suicide, also there is the issue of pro anorexia sites, which are also causing people to panic.
Though this is the case there are also benefits to the internet, it is instant news, as soon as anythign ahppenes you can find out about it, just by typing it in to a search engine. websites such as BBC.co.uk update there sites as soon as anything happens. Also you can instant message people any where in the world, you can also pick and choose what emails you want to read, you dont have to read everythign you have been sent.

Task 1

A) Characteristics of Email and Email lists- Email is a way of sending, storing and recieving messages, through electronic devices, you must be connected to the internet in order to send. Email lists allow for widespread distribution of one item
B) I use Email, to send group messages to people, for instance i am the head of the dance society and instead of texting them and using lots of money, i email them all if i need to tell them something. I would say that i have had an emial address since i was 11 or 12 and have relied on it heavily if i am keeping in contact with people who dont have msn, especially before facebook and myspace became popular.

A) I found a definition for the characteristics of a Use net it says that "Users read and post public messages (called articles or posts, and collectively termed news) to one or more categories, known as newsgroups.". I would take this to mean that what we are using for this project is a usenet and not a forum. The same website states that "there is no central server, nor central system owner" if it is a usenet, where as forums have these.
B) I have quite alot of experience of forums as during my teenage years and still now sometimes, i used to go on clebrities forums and discuss with other fans about what they were up to etc.

A) IRL's Chat rooms and messenger services- i found some information that stated any technology ranging from real-time online chats over instant messenging and online forums to fully immersive graphical social environments" therefore usenet should maybe be able to fall under this category as well.
B) I have had msn since i have had a n email address so again have used this for a very long time and i would say that this is my main from of communication, whenever my computer i switched on i was signed in. What i believed to be chatrooms, which was where it would be like a mixture between msn and forums, i didnt go on because they had alot of taboo surrounding them, and so i was not allowed to use them when i was younger!

A) Moos and muds- muds are games that mix social networking with role playing hack and slash games. Moos is based around the same concept but is text base.
B) i had never even heard of these before today, i knew they existed but i didnt know that this was what they were reffered to as.

A) Websites- There are so many different typoes of websites these days, the main characteristics of them are they are accessed by the internet and are usually on a server, they consist of pictures, hyper links different pages and other digital assets.
B) again i have been using them for a long time and rely on them quite heavily for everyday use.

Does any body have a better example of what a usenet is than what we use?
Did any body else avoid chatrooms cos of the taboo surrounding them?

hi everyone, wasssuupp